These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: Emirates A380.
Photographs: Reuters

Emirates has been voted as the world’s best airline.

Airline passengers also selected Emirates as the world's best airline for inflight entertainment in the Skytrax World Airline Awards.

The World Airline Survey conducted by Skytrax is based on 18 million customer surveys on passenger experience, across both airport and onboard environments - including check-in to boarding, onboard seat comfort, cabin cleanliness, food, beverages, staff service and associated travel items.

The surveys measure standards across 41 key performance indicators of airlines.

Emirates

Rank: 1

Founded in: 1985

Fleet size: 133

Country: United Arab Emirates

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These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: Business class cabin of Qatar Airways new Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
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Qatar Airways

Rank: 2

Founded in: November 22, 1993

Fleet size: 122

Country: Qatar

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These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: A view of inside the first-class twin cabin section of the Singapre Airlines Airbus A380 in Toulouse, France.
Photographs: Pascal Parrot/Getty Images.

Singapore Airlines

Rank: 3

Founded in: 1 May 1947

Fleet size: 102

Country: Singapore

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These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: A 787 Dreamliner jet painted in All Nippon Airways (ANA) of Japan livery, sits idle on the tarmac parking at Paine Field in Everett, Washington.
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ANA All Nippon Airways

Rank: 4

Founded in: 27 December 1952

Fleet size: 181

Country: Japan

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These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: A South Korean looks around the Asiana Airlines plane that had been wrapped with images of heroine Lee Young-ae in Inchon, west of Seoul.
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Asiana Airlines

Rank: 5

Founded in: February 17, 1988

Fleet size: 80

Country: South Korea

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These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: An airport apron controller vehicle is pictured in front of a Cathay Pacific Boeing B747-400 Aircraft on the runway at Frankfurt's airport.
Photographs: Alex Domanski/Reuters

Cathay Pacific Airways

Rank: 6

Founded in: 24 September 1946

Fleet size: 134

Country: Hong Kong

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Image: An Etihad Airways aircraft is seen at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Photographs: Ben Job/Reuters.

Etihad Airways

Rank: 7

Founded in: 2003

Fleet size: 72

Country: United Arab Emirates

Etihad Airways also won the award for the world's best first class cabin service and product.

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These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: A Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737-800 airplane taxis on the tarmac at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang in outskirt of Jakarta.
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Garuda Indonesia

Rank: 8

Founded in: 28 January 1949

Fleet size: 93

Country: Indonesia

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These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: A Turkish Airlines plane prepares to take off at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul.
Photographs: Osman Orsal/Reuters

Turkish Airlines

Rank: 9

Founded in: 20 May 1933

Fleet size: 223

Country: Turkey

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These are the world's top 10 airlines

Image: Airport security surround the repaired Qantas A380 VH-OQA passenger jet during a media tour on the tarmac of Singapore's Changi Airport.
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Qantas Airways

Rank: 10

Founded in: 16 November 1920

Fleet size: 147

Country: Australia

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